Oregon’s Mt. Hood Wilderness

– Clockwise around Mt. Hood from Timberline Lodge –

Miles

Water Crossings

Elev Change (Ft)

About the Timberline Trail

In the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps built the 40-mile Timberline Trail that circumnavigates Oregon’s highest peak, Mt. Hood. The trail follows the mountain’s jagged folds and contours back and forth, past waterfalls and across creeks/rivers, and it takes hikers through 10,000 feet of elevation change.

Mt. Hood is a stratovolcano that sits 50 miles east of Portland. Rising 11,249′ above sea level, it is one of the Pacific Northwest’s more imposing mountains and can be seen from 100 miles away on a clear day. Like several of its neighbors, Mt. Hood’s summit is also covered by glaciers and perennial snow fields, which feed the dozens of rivers and creeks running down the mountain.

Climbing Mt. Hood has always been on my bucket list, but before I conquered that mountaineering adventure in 2022, I wanted to hike its circumference on the scenic Timberline Trail.